Members｜Division of Tumor Immunology, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine

ProfessorYuki Kagoya, M.D., Ph.D.: ✉ E-mail: ykagoya@keio.jp

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Yuki Kagoya received his MD at the University of Tokyo in 2007 and completed clinical training for Internal Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology, and Transplantation Medicine. Dr. Kagoya was then involved in basic research on leukemia initiating cells during his PhD training. After obtaining PhD, he joined Dr. Naoto Hirano’s laboratory at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto to be dedicated to research on cancer immunology and immunotherapy (2014-2018). He served on Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute as the Principal Investigator for 3 years prior to his recruitment to Keio University.

LecturerSatoshi Inoue, Ph.D.: Satoshi Inoue completed his Ph.D. with Prof. Shigeki Mizuno at the University of Tohoku (1998-2001) and post-doctoral training with Dr. Toshiki Tamura at the Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (2001-2002). He then continued his post-doctoral studies with Prof. Gerald Cohen at the Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit (Leicester, UK) prior to joining the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at the University Health Network (Toronto, Canada) as a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Tak W Mak, where he investigated mechanisms of apoptosis and tumorigenesis. Then, he worked on cancer genomics with Prof. Hiroyuki Mano at the National Cancer Center Research Institute. He has been working with Dr. Kagoya’ lab since 2021 to improve adoptive cancer immunotherapy.

Research AssociateToshiaki Yoshikawa, Ph.D.: Toshiaki Yoshikawa graduated from Tottori University School of Medicine, Department of Life Sciences in 2003 and obtained doctoral degree in 2011. He worked on the development of cancer immunotherapy at Dr. Nakatsura’s lab in National Cancer Center Research Institute (2007-2020). In 2020, he joined Prof. Kagoya’s lab at Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, aiming to improve T cell functions through genetic modification. He has been working in the current position since February, 2023.

Research AssociateYusuke Ito, M.D., Ph.D.: Yusuke Ito received his MD at the University of Tokyo in 2014 and completed clinical training for Internal Medicine and Hematology at Toranomon Hospital. He was then involved in basic research on hematopoiesis during his PhD training at Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo. After obtaining PhD, he has been working on tumor immunology with Prof. Yuki Kagoya at Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (2022.1-2023.1) and Keio University (2023.2-).

Research AssociateTaeko Hayakawa, Ph.D.

Research FellowNguyen Thao, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

Takahiro Nakashima (Nagoya City University): -

Tetsuya Matsukawa (Nagoya University): -

Tatsuya Shimada, M.D. (Division of Rheumatology): -

Haosong Zhang (Nagoya University): -

Yang Li (Nagoya University): -

Tianxiu Li: -

Hitomi Kasuya: -

Lab Technician

Megumi Sasaki: -

Manami Mori: -

SecretaryKaori Nagase: -